Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Temple Grandin



After watching the movie Temple Grandin I hope that you have a better understanding of Autism and also Savant Syndrome. What I would like you to do is draw specific examples from the movie to show how Temple's autism affected her.....
  1. Senses 
  2. Thinking 
  3. Relationships 
  4. Physical Interactions 
  5. Parents (Specifically her mom) 
Please make sure you give specific examples and write in complete well thought out sentences. 

27 comments:

  1. At the beginning of the movie about Temple Grandin, I was first alerted to her Autism by the sensory manner in which she exited the plane that took her to Arizona to visit her aunt. As she exited, the loud noise of the propellers shocked her and made her stop for a second. This clearly showed that there was something different in how she reacted to sensory experiences, and this was caused by Autism. Another example of the Autistic influence on her senses was at the end of the movie when she was attending the convention on Autism, and she spoke up about her methods to treat Autism. Several of the parents at once began asking her questions and shouting at her at one time, causing her to get tense until her mother stopped them. Her senses were shaken by much commotion directed at her. Her thinking was also affected by Autism in that she thought in pictures, not words. When she designed her famous method of cow slaughtering, for instance, she could make out the blueprints herself because she could see in her mind how everything was exactly supposed to be laid out and measured. She had no filter for what she saw and how she correlated images together, as also evidenced by her hesitance to go through automatic doors because they seemed like gates closing cattle into execution. Her relationships with others were affected by Autism as well. She had few good relationships with others because of her troubles communicating. At the beginning of the movie, when she was shaking her uncle’s hand and meeting a cowboy, she was not personal to them and recited her introduction to them like she had memorized it with no friendly emotion. At college, she upset her first roommate by setting her squeeze machine up and not being able to explain in a socially acceptable way why the awkward machine was there. Physically, Autism limited her interactions with others because it was uncomfortable for her to make contact with others. She remarked at the Autism Convention at the end of the movie that she preferred to be hugged by her squeeze machine because it was inanimate, and mentally she could not take the touch of other humans. Her relationship with her parents, specifically her mom, was affected by Autism to be difficult because she could not understand why her mom, for instance, was making her attend college. She did not know why her mother was pushing her to overcome her difficulties or how her mother said that she loved her because of her Autism, and this hurt her relationship with her mother.

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  2. In the movie “Temple Grandin” we see a girl named Temple live her life. Temple doesn’t live an ordinary life because she has autism. Autism is a neurodevelopment disorder characterized by social impairments. Through out this whole movie you can see how Temple’s autism affected her senses, thinking, relationships, physical interactions, and her parents.
    When Temple goes to her aunt’s farm for the summer you start to notice how she is very sensitive to sound, touch, and change. Temple gets a sign put on her door and even when her aunt is writing on the paper she flinches at the sound of the marker on the paper. A few days later she realizes someone took down her sign. She starts to have a meltdown because she doesn’t know how to react to it and the only way to calm her down is to put her in the squeeze thing that they use to calm the cows down. Temple also hates to be touched. This was hard on the relationship between her and her mother because all her mom wanted to do was help her and nurture her but Temple didn’t want anything to do with that. As her mother was dropping Temple off at college she went to hug her but Temple took a step back. When her mother looked back as she was walking away Temple was already gone.
    Temple is also a savant which means she demonstrates profound abilities that surpass the level of being “normal”. This causes Temple to think differently than most people do. For one thing Temple was incredibly smart in science and math. That was her gift. When she first arrived at her aunt’s farm she had to open the gate so the car could go through. As she was opening the gate she know what angle the gate was when she was pulling it back. She also found out a way that let you pull on a string and the gate stayed open long enough for your car to pass through. Another thing that is different about Temple’s mind is that she thinks in pictures. Toward the end of the movie when Temple was showing her teacher that she got the paper signed he said that the paper smelled like half the herd must have signed off on it too. When Temple heard this she pictured in her mind a cow signing a piece of paper. Also if you said “shoe” she would get many pictures of every shoe she had seen.
    As the movie went on Temple got in more control of her autism by letting her mother hug her, helping her blind roommate around by guiding her by hand, and she spoke to strangers better. She also got to share her story at a autism convention and help other people understand that autism isn’t a bad thing just something different.

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  3. In the movie, “Temple Grandin” we watched the amazing life story of Temple Grandin. Temple has autism, which means that she has a neurodevelopmental disorder causing social impairments. She doesn’t react to situations the way a normal person would. As we saw in the movie, Temple doesn’t catch on to social cues and can’t properly interact with others. Her mother is desperate to make her as normal as possible, and eventually gets Temple to a place where she can function on her own.
    As Temple steps off the plane in Arizona, she immediately comments on the heat and the noise. Loud noises bother people with autism and this makes her uncomfortable. She doesn’t know how to react and her aunt Ann has to call her attention and bring her back to reality. When she gets to her aunt’s house, she has her room put exactly the way she wants it. When she sees that it has been changed in the least bit, she becomes hysterical.
    Because of her autism, Temple thinks in pictures. As she stated in a speech, when a normal person is told to think of a church steeple, they think of a generic steeple while she thinks of specific steeples she has seen. This is helpful to her when a horse at her boarding school, Chesnut, dies her Dr. Carlock tells her that his dead body is not what she wants to remember about him. Then she proceeds to go through every memory she has of him. Another instance of this is when she needs to have a form signed in order to have permission to write her thesis about mooing, a man mentions that it smells like she had all the cattle sign it too. She takes this literally and sees a cow signing the paper, which she knows isn’t possible.
    Temple has a hard time with forming relationships because she doesn’t understand other people. The other people also find her to be odd and can’t handle her disorder. When Temple goes away to college she is assigned a roommate. When the roommate sees Temple in action she is uncomfortable and Temple soon finds herself with a new roommate. This new roommate, Alice, is blind and this gives her and Temple a special bond. Temple doesn’t like to be touched and she overcomes this because Alice needs to be lead and she allows her to hold on to her arm. Temple has very limited physical interactions due to the fact she doesn’t like to be touched. As she helps a farmer perfect his dipping method, he goes in to hug her and she immediately pulls away. The first time she ever allowed her mother to hug her was at Dr. Carlock’s funeral and it was a shock to both her mom and aunt. The fact that her mother could never hug her throughout her childhood was definitely a sad thing to go through as a parent.
    As previously stated, Temple never allowed anyone to touch her, including her mother. This was no doubt one of the harder aspects of her autism for her mom. When she learned of her daughter’s autism, Eustacia decided she was not going to give in. She demanded that Temple learn to read and talk and once she could she attended school. An example of Eustacia’s perseverance is when teaching Temple to talk. All Temple wanted to do was look at the chandelier but her mother insisted she work with flash cards. It is obvious that Temple’s mother dearly loves her. When talking to the staff at Temple’s bordering school, Eustacia notices a couple of people making fun of Temple and this deeply upsets her. She knows her daughter has issues but she loves her in spite of them. The day she learned it had all been worth it was the day Temple stood up at the autism convention and told everyone exactly what her mother had done for her. All her efforts had not gone to waste.
    Temple is definitely the exception to the rule. She found a way to conquer her fears and get past her autism. She can give parents and loved ones of those with autism a new viewpoint because she has it herself. She is an inspiration not only to those with autism but everyone. She proved that you can do anything if you set your mind to it.

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  4. The first thing I noticed in Temple Grandin is how Temple's senses affected her. When she first stepped off the plane, she commented on how how it was and how loud the planes propellers were. Loud noises make autistic people feel uncomfortable and freak out then start stimming, such as hand flapping, and spinning around in circles. Once Temple arrived at her aunts farm and was settling down in bed before she went to sleep she realized the vent up on the wall. Her mind could figure out how many degrees the vent would open when she would pull on the lever and linked the vent to the front gate when she designed a way to open it while still sitting in the car/truck. Autistic kids can also have Savant syndrome which is being blessed with extraordinary abilities like Temple was. With having autism Temple couldn't easily form relationships with people like an average person could because she didn't understand people. Physical interactions, she never made eye contact. When she would talk to people it was almost awkward and when somebody would go to hug her she wouldn't let them. She just wasn't comfortable with it until the end of the movie when she had the "awkward autistic" hug with her mom at her teachers funeral. Temple's relationship with her mom was different, later on she was smart enough to realize that she was different and that she wouldn't be able to tell her mom everything she wanted to. She would think it but not be able to speak it because of her autism. Thankfully Temple's mom realized when Temple was younger she would have to push her and that she would succeed and she did!

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  5. In the movie “Temple Grandin” we view how an autistic savant lives her life. With her having autism and savant syndrome this means that she has a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders and also has a special gift. Temples gift is specifically in math and science, these affect her way of thinking. In the movie she opens the gate at her aunts’ farm to let the car go through. When she opens the gate she knows the degree of the angle that the gate goes back. She also thinks in pictures, for example when her French teacher asks her to read a section in her book she glances at it and can picture the page in her mind and read it word for word.
    Temple does not handle sound, touch, or change very well. As she walks into her room at her aunts’ house, she hears the sounds of the ceiling fan, the air vent, and the door opening. She is very sensitive to sound so wherever she is she hears all the sounds that most people don’t pay any attention to. For instance she hears the closing and opening of the squeeze machine and all of the cattle mooing some louder than the other. When she hears all of those sounds at once it overwhelms her and she freaks out. To help her calm down she builds her own squeeze machine, this for Temple symbolizes a hug or love. She does not like it when people touch her; she has never felt the love of her mothers’ touch. It really is upsetting for her mom because she wants to hold her when she gets frustrated and has a meltdown but Temple doesn’t let her touch her. Just like in the movie, when Temples mom tries to hug her goodbye when she is dropping her off at college Temple pulls away.
    At the Christmas party that Temple went to a family came up to talk about her recent achievements Temple didn’t know what not to say and what to say. She struggles with knowing how to talk to people and the right things to say. She tends to sometimes look at the ground because she feels uncomfortable talking to people. Temple doesn’t understand other people’s emotions or other people in general. Towards the end of the movie she does become comfortable with certain things like her mom hugs her for the first time, she talks to people easier, and can openly talk about her autism and helps other people understand autism better. Even though she has disabilities Temple does not let it take over her life instead she embraces it.

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  6. In the movie,Temple Grandin, it is clear that Temple has autism. There are many signs in the movie on how her symptoms of autism show. Senses was one of the things that was affected by autism. In the beginninit shows g of the movie, the moment Temple steps out of the plan she sensed the sun being really bright and the loud propellers of the plane. Those were the first things Temple noticed as she got off the plane. She didn't pay attention that her aunt was there after she observed the sun and the propellers. This is a sign of autism because how sensitive autistic people's senses are. Another example of her senses is the ability to hear how some cows are louder than others. She is able to tell which cows "moos" are louder then the others. She is able to do that because she is autistic. Normal people wouldn't be able to tell the difference in the loudness of the cows moos. Temple is able to do this and figure out why some cows are louder then others and how it affects the cows. Most autistic people do not think normally. Their way of thinking is very different from common people. For example, Temple thinks in pictures. She thinks in pictures that she has seen before. Every thing she observes and watches stays in her memory. She is then able to pull out the images that she has seen before and use it as knowledge. A good example of this is when her college professor asks her if she had already read the page. When Temple says yes, the college professor doesn't believe her and tells her to re-read the pages to him without looking at it. Temple says each word accurately and the professor is astonished. She is able to do this because of her memory and thinking. After she reads it once she is able to picture the whole thing in her head. Another example of her thinking is when she encounters sliding doors. Everytime she sees a sliding door she thinks of the slaughter machine. She relates the sliding door and the slaughter machine because of her autistic thinking. Another example is her taking phrases and words literally. When Temple shows her boss that she got her paper signed he says that the cows must have signed it to because of the horrible stench the paper had. She took it literally and pictured cows signing the paper and said that was not possible. Temple's savant syndrome also allows her thinking to be very special. She is able to learn about anything by just observing it once. She learned how to draw and maker her own blueprints just by watching the person draw his. Her savant syndrome allows her to do that. Another example of her incredible thinking is able to know the exact measurements and angles of things. For example, when Temple first arrived at the barn she noticed the angles and measures of the barn door. With that ability to see those angles, she was able to invent contraption that allowed the door to open by pulling on a lever.

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  7. Temple's relationships were also affected due to her autism. It was very hard for Temple to make relationships with other people. This was because she was socially awkward and could not express her feelings. She could always sense that people looked at her weird but she could not change the way she acted. For example, every time Temple meets someone she introduces herself with a quick and awkward, "hello, nice to meet you." It shows that she memorized the way of saying her greeting from a movie and every time she meets someone that is how she says hi. Another example is when she gets a roommate in college. The moment
    Temple makes her squeeze machine; her roommate doesn't like it and reports her. Because of her autism, Temple can't tell why she has the squeeze machine. She can't explain to her roommate why the machine is essential to her. Physical interactions are another thing that affects her life because of her autism. Temple's autism does not allow her to physically touch people. This has been a problem through out the movie. There are multiple occasions on where she shies away from contact. Temple finds a solution to calm her down when she gets upset or loses control. Because she cant have physically contact such as hugs, she creates the squeeze machine in replacement of hugs. This machine acts as a hug but from something that she is comfortable with and it actually calms her down. Another example is when her blind roommate reaches out for Temple's hand. She becomes all shy but she makes a step to try and grabs her arm. The main conflict is her relationship between Temple and her mom. Temple's mom is not able to hug and show love to Temple physically because Temple's autism restricts it. This makes her mom very sad. An example is when Temple and her mom say there goodbyes at college. Temple's mom starts crying but Temple shows no emotions and just walks away. This is because of her autism. Temple's autism restricts physical interaction. When Temple was at the store she becomes all tense when the women tried to touch her shoulder. Another example is when Temple succeeded in building her new cow invention and the guy wanted to give her a hug but she she simply just backed away and said to not to give her a hug. Temple's mom and Temples relationship is a big thing that is affected because of her autism. Temple's mom very understands of Temple's autism. You can tell that she is stressed because of her but you can also see that she never gives up. She treats her just like everyone else and pursues Temple on achieving her dreams. Temple's mom will always love her no matter what. An example of her perseverance was when she would not stop teaching Temple had to read and say words. This shows how much love she has for Temple. Towards the end, during the funeral, Temple's mom is very shocked to find that Temple makes the attempt to hug her. She is mesmerized that Temple had hugged her. This shows that their relationship is getting closer and closer every day. It shows that Temple's autism wont stop that amazing relationship that Temple and her mom share.

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  8. Temple Grandin is an autistic person with an extraordinary ability, also known as a Savant. She has the ability in her brain to look at something and memorize it instantly. As a child she did not learn to talk until she was four years old and her mother refused to believe that Temple had autism. Her story is quite amazing and it is a wonder how a child who didn’t even speak until the age of four could grow up to be this amazing intelligent person. Temple would be considered a high functioning autistic person which means that she can talk and think things through it just may take her a little while to express herself. A savant is a person with autism who has an extraordinary gift in one specific area and Temple’s was science and animals. Since most autistic children usually shy away from people, her way with animals made up for her lack of ways with people. In the movie the ways of an autistic person are depicted I very specific and interesting ways including all the things that make autistic people different. Some of these things are their sensitive senses, their thinking and the way they think, their relationships, physical interaction, and their reactions to their parents. In the movie Temple is very sensitive to sounds such as in the beginning when she gets off the plane to stay with her aunt, the jets running made her stop because that was the only thing she could focus on. The noise of the fan in her room as well as the cows mooing was also very loud to her. Another thing that was shown about Temple and is true for most autistic people is their relationships. The relationships with other people and in social situations are very awkward because their brain does not know how to process certain things about people and social interaction. A few scenes that stick out a lot are the first scene when she is being introduced to her uncle’s friend and just says the first thing that comes to mind. This made the whole group of people feel weird except for Temple because her brain didn’t know any better than to ask that question. The next scene is when she is at the party for Christmas and she began to talk about what she was in school for and didn’t know that it was not socially acceptable to talk about those things at a party or event like that. She says in the movie right after this scene that “People make her feel bad because she cannot understand them” and she basically said that she could never tell another person she loves them, including her mother, because she does not understand that concept. Another relationship that is strained for people who have autism or who have autistic children is the relationship between mother and child. A mother likes to hug and support and cuddle their children but people with autism do not like physical contact so this feeling of a mothers hug is undesired. The scene when her mother was leaving her at boarding school and she went to give her a hug and remembered that she had to leave without hugging her daughter was a scene I fell shows this in an excellent manor. Although they do not like physical contact Temple manages to make a small stride to changing that in herself toward the end of the movie because there is a scene where she allows her mother to put her arms around her for a few seconds and then leaves. The need for physical acceptance or appreciation or even love is desired just not by other humans. So in order to fill the gap of the motherly affection she builds a squeeze machine, like the ones used to calm a cow down in order to feel that comfort of a hug. People with autism often have a different way their brain processes information. Her brain and the way she thinks is in pictures instead of in words or language.

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  9. As soon as someone says something she begins to think of all of the things she has seen and pictures flow through her mind about what that person had just said to her. There are two good scenes on this in the movie as well. The first is when she is at boarding school and her teachers are talking about sending her home because she just wasn’t doing well. Her science teacher was the only person who realized that she thought in pictures. He showed the French teacher how she had drawn a picture of the sentence because that’s what her brain had come up with. Another good scene is when that same science teacher had asked her about shoes and the movie had shown a reel of shoes that were all different shapes and sizes but it showed very well how she thinks and what her mind does when a question is asked that she does not have a picture of already or does not know how to think it through. These are the things about autism that are shown and expressed in the movie about Temple Grandin but are true for all autistic people. The only difference in Temple and a normal autistic person is that God has given her the ability to do something no one else had ever been able to do before.

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  10. In the movie “Temple Grandin” we watched how the main character, Temple, lived her life. Temple is an autistic savant, meaning that although she had a neurodevelopment disorder, she also had an outstanding skill above the general level of other people. Her outstanding skill specialized in math and science. Through out the movie, we are able to see how her autism affected her senses, thinking, relationships, physical interactions with other people, and her attitude towards her mother.
    In the beginning of the movie, we see Temple walk off the plane and immediately become aware of her surroundings, noticing the heat, propellers, and people. Because of her autism, she begins to complain of the loud noises. Then we see her arrive at her aunt’s farm and open the gate. Temple is beyond fascinated with this gate. As she pushes it, she is already calculating the measurements of width, height, etc from one end of the gate to the next. When she enters her room that her aunt has set up for her, she becomes aware of every single thing. Looking at things normal people wouldn’t really pay attention too. Her senses are so extreme that she can even hear a high pitched slide of the marker that her aunt uses to make her a sign for her room. The way Temple thinks is unusual compared to how normal people would think because of her autism. Temple takes things, such as idioms, that people said to her in the movie seriously/literally. For example, the workers who thought she was weird played a cruel joke to her and put cow testicles all over the front of her car, she is not angry with the fact that they did it, but the fact that they would waste food that she herself eats, not really understanding why they did it. The way Temple thinks is through pictures, such as other autistic people. With just a quick look of something, the already visualizes it and her brain mentally takes a snap shot of what she has seen, remembering it forever. This amazing talent becomes useful to Temple because it is what helps her lead to a successful future. For example, with just watching over a professional architecture do his work for a while, Temple already knows how he does his work without having to go to school to learn or anything. Her mind has taught itself to work like a professional by what she has seen.

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  11. Her relationship with people is very different because of her autism. Her interactions with people are just plain awkward and almost exhausting having to keep up with her once she becomes set in stating her point. As I was watching the movie, I noticed that she didn’t have any friends or close relationships with anyone other than her high school science teacher, also that her physical interactions with people were barely anything. We see how as a child, her mother would do everything she could to teach her words or play with her, but Temple just never gave her any emotion or even the courtesy to look at her. This wasn’t because she didn’t like her, but because of her autism. Temple would often lose focus and glare off into space, ignoring everything around her, which is common for autistic children. Temple also hates being touched; it freaks her out and she doesn’t know how to respond. Even at a joyous event that happened when the reporter was amazed by her incredible design she made for the cattle and said that it would definitely be a hit story, everyone around her celebrated, but as someone was going in to hug her, she immediately flinched back and said “No, I don’t do that.” To fill the void of not being hugged or touched by people, Temple uses her “squeeze machine” that she makes herself. This machine puts her in a tight space, almost like a narrow box, and closes on her sides. This acts as like a hug, and although she believes it calms her down, it is really filling in that void that she lacks because of her autism. Temple doesn’t have many relationships with people because people don’t understand her and Temple knows that people wouldn’t accept her because of the way she is. Because of this, she relates herself more to the cattle that she becomes highly interested in throughout the movie. Although all of these things that are affected by her autism may seem bad because of her lack of social impairment or interactions, it actually works for the best of her because it is what makes Temple, Temple and what leads her to her successful future.

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  12. The movie we watched was about the life of a girl named Temple Grandin. She was autistic and also considered a Savant. This was proven throughout many scenes in the movie. First of all, her senses were different from normal people’s senses. At the beginning of the movie when she first arrived at her aunts farm, she was surprised by the sound that the propellers on the plane. The movie also showed us how bright she saw the sun. This was the only things she focused her attention on. She didn’t notice the people telling her to keep walking forward, or her aunt calling her. This is because autistic people have sensitive senses. They notice small details other normal people usually just ignore. She doesn’t get the big picture. She also doesn’t like loud noises or the sense of someone hugging or touching her. She wouldn’t let her mother hug her ever. She was surprised when the lady at the convenience store took hold of her arm to lead her through the automatic doors. She also didn’t let one of the cattle guys pat her on the back to congratulate her.
    Autistic people also think differently from normal people. Temple is a great example. She would think in pictures rather than just in words. Most people think of a word and get a vague, generalized idea of it. But Temple would think about every picture she had ever seen of that word. She also thinks more literally. For example, when a man jokingly told her that the piece of paper she needed him to sign smelled like a cow had signed it, she pictured in her head an actual cow signing it. She then addressed him and told him that it wasn’t possible. She could also memorize pages of books and learn brand new skills just by observing. When she was in college, she was able to memorize a page of a French textbook and read it out loud. She also learned how to do an architect’s job just by simply watching and learning. She also revolutionized the way cattle are handled at ranches and slaughter houses. She learned the way cattle behaved and acted. She learned this all by just observing cows; and through this, understood how to calm them down and make them feel more naturally in a manmade environment.
    Personal relationships in her life were hard to come by. Most people thought her to be strange and different. She was an outcast at college because of the way her autism caused to her to react to situations. She also had a strained relationship with her mother, because of her ‘no physical contact’ problem. Her physical reactions were also a problem for her. She just didn’t understand people. At one point in the movie, she was having a meltdown and she told her mother that she didn’t understand people. She couldn’t read their faces or expressions. She said that while she talked, people looked at each other “with faces”. She knew something was going on, but she didn’t have the ability to understand what. This is because most autistic people don’t react well in social situations. She talked in a louder voice than others. She also didn’t like to be touched, which is

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  13. is why she made a squeeze box. The kind they use for cows. Since she didn’t react well with people, she liked to be in the company of other things; such as cattle. She loved being around cows and this is why she wanted to stay at her aunt’s farm rather than going off to college. She would actually spend her free time with the cows at the farm. She felt more relaxed, natural, and at home while she was with the animals.
    Temple had a very strained relationship with her mother. She didn’t talk until she was 4 or 5, and when her mother tried to teach her things with flashcards, she would focus her attention on something else, like the chandelier. This frustrated her mother. Her mom was doing her best, but nothing was working for her daughter. When she took her to the doctor, she was diagnosed with autism. Back in the 50’s people didn’t understand modern medicine the way they do now, so all the blame for the problem was put on the mother for not showing enough affection and love. This deeply hurt her mom, since she knew that Temple wouldn’t accept affection anyway. Throughout Temple’s life, her mother watched her grow and struggle with the daily problems of an autistic person. This was a hard way to live. But in the end, things worked out for the good. Temple even tried to give an awkward, but sincere, hug. That was a big step in their relationship.

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  14. The movie “Temple Grandin” is depicting the life of Temple Grandin and how her Autism/Savant Syndrome affected her. Right off the bat it was very easy to tell that Temple was not average. Autism is defined as a neurodevelopment disorder characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and repetitive patterns of behaviors. All three of these were evident in the life of Temple Grandin. In the movie they made a point to show how Temple’s senses were heightened. Temple was very sensitive to hearing, the movie showed this by how she reacted to the cows mooing and in the slaughter house. Another time in the movie when they demonstrated her autistic senses was at the end of the movie when she was at the Autistic Convention. Temple stood up to talk about how she would go about treating autistic people, and the crowd began shouting questions, which caused her to go into a panic. It was apparent by her facial expressions she was uncomfortable with the shouting. In the movie they also show very vividly how Temple’s thought process differs from a normal person. Temple Grandin thinks by using pictures. This is shown when she was in front of the board of men discussing her design for the cattle. The men did not believe that it would work because it had never been tested. Then Temple begins to describe what she does in her head with a plan, and as she is talking the screen begins showing pictures of her design coming to life, as it would in her mind. Temple Grandin also struggled with human interaction, in the movie it was shown best at the Christmas party when a family from her childhood approached her. Temple unconsciously begins to ramble about her cattle project and is unaware that the family is uncomfortable. When people tried to mingle with Temple it would turn into her energetically talking about the cattle project and it seemed very awkward. This caused Temple to be very distant and also an outsider most of the time. When Temple came in physical contact with others was another time her autism became very noticeable. Temple was not okay with others touching her normally in any situation. In the movie this was in the scene when the man who she designed the new cattle equipment for tried to hug her, and she warned him that she did not like to be touched. Temple Grandin was not okay with other people trying to touch her but other objects were fine, and sometimes calming. Temple recreated a machine used on farm for cattle, which represented something similar to a hug. Temple’s relationship with her mom was very special. Her mom was very supporting and comforting with her daughter. When Temple was in the bedroom at the Christmas party agitated with everyone, her mom came in and calmed Temple, while also reassuring Temple that she loved her. Their relationship was difficult because Temple was not capable of loving her mother back, which as a parent would be extremely hard. Temple’s savant syndrome was in the movie as well. When Temple took those images with her brain they were stored for good, so she could pick up on something as difficult as architecture in a matter of minutes. The movie on Temple Grandin’s life was a very good representation of the real Temple’s life and how her autism affected her.

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  15. Temple Grandin is autistic and a savant. From the time she was little until college, she would not let her touch her or even a give a simple hug. Having an autistic child must have been frustrating because in the movie you see Temple as a child and her mother trying to teach her how to say words and what they meant, but Temple was only interested in the chandelier and its details. Temple's senses are different that everybody else. She is more alert to things that would not catch anybody's eye. For example, she has photographic memory and remember everything from the big picture to the littlest things. When she was in college, she only looked a page in class and remembered everything on there and could recite it back to the teacher. Her thinking is in pictures. When you say something like, for example, shoes, she would think of every single shoe she has ever seen. It goes the same with everything. It's like she takes pictures with her eyes and puts them into file in her mind and then can easily pull it back out. In the movie, when she was returning to her room, she saw that the sign that was on her door was no longer there but on the ground. That little thing had made her freak out. Earlier she had saw some cows that were kind of scared and were put in this sort of squeeze box, so she ran to it and asked her aunt, in a frantic voice to squeeze her. Once her aunt did what she asked, it was like a hug for her, therefore she had calmed down. There is a part in the movie when her aunt asks her to open the gate. It's a simple task but the thing is she observed other things to improve opening the gate from doing it manually to automatic. She already had the distance it took to open the gate wide open, she just had to actually build the contraption. Temple also thinks literally. When her aunt said that in the morning they would be with the rooster, she literally thought that they were going to be with the rooster. Temple seemed to have few relationships with people because of her autism. She was friends with her roommate and her high school science teacher, that was basically it. Later on she gets to be more comfortable with people and does just fine with them. She still had flinched in the movie every time someone attempted to touch her. That's why she made something to give her hugs without human contact and it worked all through college. At the funeral, when her science teacher died, she said her goodbyes to him and actually let her mother give her a hug before she left. That itself was a big step in human contact. During the end of the movie she seemed more relaxed then how she started in the beginning of the movie. She starts explaining to other people that when she was little she didn't talk until she was four years old and that as soon as she could talk her mother put her in school so that she could learn more. It was a difficult task for her, and she didn't like a lot of it while going through that learning process like manners. In that little speech that she says at the end is practically thanking her mother for getting her to push forward and never giving up.

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  16. In the movie “Temple Grandin” we get to closely observe the life of girl named Temple, who is an autistic savant. Temple did not start talking until age four. She struggles in some areas because of her autism, but she excels in many other areas. Temple’s case of autism is not as extreme compared to most, but it deeply affected her socially, especially growing up. She does not understand people’s emotions or how to act around people at all. She was extremely socially awkward growing up, but she slowly began to learn how to be a little more social. When she met someone she introduced herself in a way that she had memorized, which made it even more awkward. She noticed small details that normal people would quickly over look. She was smart enough to know that she acted different and at one point had a huge breakdown because she was tired of people looking at each other with “faces” when she was talking to them. Temple was very sensitive to loud noises. She didn’t like when a lot of people talked to her loudly at once. She had many issues with her relationships as well. She did not like people touching her. She never gave her mother a hug when she was growing up. She was never able to express her feelings toward people, especially her mother. Temple thought in pictures. For example, when her and her teacher talked about shoes, a ton of pictures of shoes flashed through her mind. Shoes that she had seen in real life, in magazines, or eve on the television. Temple was able to learn how to be better socially with the help of her mother, aunt, teachers and her squeeze machine, which calmed her down. Because of her savant syndrome she was able to understand cattle and invent a new technique for slaughtering cattle that was much more efficient.

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  17. The movie "Temple Grandin" provides a first-hand look at the life of an Autisic Savant. The first sign showing Temple's autism was when she got off of the plane to visit her aunt. The loud propellers startled her, and it was easy to tell she didn't quite know what was going on. Also, Temple does not do well with loud noises, such as when she was in the cafeteria getting her food. The loud talking of her peers drove her to a breaking point, and she had to get out as fast as she could. Temple's thinking is extraordinary compared to that of an average human. She solely thinks based on pictures, which allows her to have an incredible memory. She is able to connect everyday thoughts and feelings to pictures that she has read about or simply looked at; she is taling about it with her former science teacher. He asks her about shoes, and immediately dozens of different types of shoes come to her mind. Her autism also causes her to take everything literally, so she does not understand any type of figure of speech. A guy comments that a piece of paper looked like it had been signed by cattle first, and she responds by saying it is impossible. When it comes to relationships, Temple is very to herself. It is a difficult task for her to make friends, considering she is socially out of place. She does make one good friend, however. Her roomate happens to be blind. They both have issues of their own, so they look past the other's disabilities. She has a great relationship with her aunt. Her aunt cares for her very much and is one of the only people that believe in her. She is often laughed at by her classmates, because she does not know how to act in public like the rest of them. Temple does not handle physical affection well at all. She automatically flinches at the touch of even her closest friends and family. When the woman at the convenience store attempts to grab her arm to help her walk through the sliding door, Temple is hesitant to allow her to. Temple also refuses to hold her blind roomates hand to guide her to another room, so she holds out her arm for her to grab on to. Eventually, though, Temple gets more comfortable with touch. At Dr. Carlile's funeral, she hugs her mom before leaving. This stuns her mom, because she has never had this type of affection by Temple before, and certainly was not expecting it. It is said that autistic kids fear or refuse physical interactions as a result of lack of nurture from their parents. Temple's mother was a very important part of Temple's life. She took Temple in her own care and decided to school her herself. She did not allow the typical treatments that were recommended by doctors. Temple loved her mother, and was not the least bit reluctant to brag about the things her mother had done for her throughout her life at the autism convention.

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  18. Temple Grandin is a girl who is autistic with Savant Syndrome. As one of the symptoms of her autism, Temple was very sensitive to someone touching her. Her sense of hearing was not like ordinary people. She could even hear very quiet sounds like the fan blades circling, that most people wouldn’t tune into. As an autistic-savant, Temple has a photographic memory and thinks by pictures. For example, in French class, all she had to do was look at a page of the book and it was permanently in her brain forever. She could say it back without even looking. Like many autistic people, Temple’s social skills were not very strong. She had trouble establishing relationships with other people. She coped with this by memorizing how to introduce herself to new people. It was also difficult for her to maintain relationships, but she had a great relationship with her science teacher. This teacher looked past her autism and looked at the smart person she was. He pushed her to embrace her gift of memory. Since Temple didn’t like people touching her, it was a big step when she let the blind girl touch her arm to guide her. Temple had a good relationship with her Mom. But because Temple didn’t like being touched, her Mom never got to hug her child until the day of the science teacher’s funeral. Through Temple’s experiences, this movie helped me understand autism better and that each person has their own special gift. With that gift, they can do anything they set their mind to.

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  19. The movie "Temple Grandin" takes the viewer and follows the life of, autistic-savant, Temple Grandin. Throughout the film, it shows how Temple progresses through her life and the struggles she had to persevere through in order to get where she is today. One of her many struggles was her autism. Her autism affected many parts of her life. One of the things that are affected by her autism is her senses. For example, she has incredibly sensitive hearing. She does not do well with loud noises, shown right at the beginning of the movie when she comes out of the plane. She also does not like when people touch her. To top it off, her sense of taste is so weird that her diet consists of jello and yogurt, nothing else. Temple's way of thinking is also different from everyone else. She has the incredible gift of thinking in pictures. This enables her to memorize every single nook and cranny of every single thing. There is not one detail she forgets, and this is a blessing and a curse. She's able to do hands on projects really well because of her way of thinking in images and angles. However, before she had her squeezebox, she would freak out if some details were out of place. Temple, like most other autistic people, is socially awkward. She is just unaware of how to act in certain situations and because of this, she forms not more then 2-3 relationships, including her mother, throughout her highschool/college life. She memorizes greetings and does not know how to keep a normal conversation flowing without interrupting it with one of her greetings. As mentioned earlier, Temple is not very fond of physical interactions. She seems to be okay if she initiates the touching, but if someone touches her, she freaks out. Even though she hates physical interaction, there's a point in the movie where she gives her mother a "hug", which is a huge step for her. Her mother was always with her. Ever since her diagnosis, she always stayed hopeful and never gave up. Even though it was incredibly stressful to teach Temple everything, she persevered and made Temple into what she is today. Temple's autism has really tested her mothering quality and made her a better mother.

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  20. Temple Grandin is an Autistic Savant that revolutionized the cattle industry. Her autism causes her to react differently to situations that a normal person would. Her senses are turned on super high so when she hears a loud or high pitched noise, such as the permanent marker on the paper for her door, she tenses up and covers her ears. Also she might have a texture preference for the food she eats. At a few points throughout the movie, she mentions that she only eats jello and yogurt. The sensation of spinning calms her down and is a common form of stimming among autistic people.
    She thinks in more complex diagrams and pictures than the average person does. For example, when she first gets to the farm, she sees the gate in specific angles instead of just a gate. When her science teacher mentioned shoes, she pictured a bunch of different specific shoes, and the same thing happened when he said opportunities are just door we have to walk through. The door picture is a reoccurring theme throughout the movie. She remembered what the science teacher said about the door relating it back to college, the dip line, and the slaughter house. Her photographic memory helps her when she is planning the slaughter house. She can picture each part and walk through it in her mind. Also, she doesn’t understand human emotions, but she understands animals better. She can see fear or relaxation in an animal’s eyes which most people can’t see.
    Her relationships are affected by autism because the Hallmark sign of autism is the misunderstanding social interactions. People will talk to her, and she just says whatever is on her mind. For example, when she tells the farm worker that he is a cowboy, she doesn’t think anything of it, but he thinks it is odd. She particularly bonds with her blind roommate. I think that they bond because they are both kind of out casted from society. They don’t judge each other because they are so used to being judged. She becomes close with her science teacher as well. He sees Temple as brilliant and unique; he sees her the exact opposite way society thinks of her at this point.
    Temple’s physical interactions like hugging and shaking hands are strained. She finally lets her mother hug her at her science teacher’s funeral. Her substitution for hugs is her squeeze machine. When the reporter goes to shake Temple’s hand after seeing a demonstration of her dip system, she doesn’t allow him to shake her hand. Temple shows that she accepts her blind roommate by allowing her to hold onto her own arm in order to lead her places.
    Temple’s relationship with her mom is very strange. At first she doesn’t understand why her mom is pushing her so hard to go to school and be normal. Temple’s emotions are weird due to autism so she never tells her mom that she love her, but Temple’s mom says that she loves her often. The never hug either. But around the time Temple graduates from college she understands why her mom put her through all of this and she is thankful for her support through everything.
    -Olivia Farmer

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  21. Temple Grandin is an autistic girl with a touch of savantism. She is socially awkward and does not really know what to do with herself when she is around other people. She finds comfort when she is around cows rather than people. With her condition, her senses are heightened. For instance, when she first gets into “her” room at her aunt’s hosue, she pays more attention to the sound of the fan going around than her bed or closet, and when she is at dinner she can barely even listen to what her uncle is saying because she is so intrigued by the fish tank’s noises. When people are saying phrases such as “getting up with the roosters”, she thinks literally, that they are getting on the roof and making the rooster’s morning call with it. She overanalyzes everything to the point that she can figure out the little details that other “normal” people would overlook, such as with the fence to get into her aunt’s house. When pulling into the gate with her aunt, Temple was able to decipher what the angles were and thought the process through and was able to fix the angles and even enable it to open without the person having to get out of the car. Once again, Temple was very awkward, socially. She was blunt and very forward about things she believed in. When she met her science teacher, she could hardly hold back her excitement. However, her excitement came out very loud and almost obnoxious to others. She did not have many friends. People at school looked at her funny or looked at each other funny about her. The only friends she had were her blind friend, her science teacher, and the cows. Temple and her aunt also had quite a solid relationship, as much so as a relationship with Temple could be. Temple hated to be touched. She did not like hugs or any physical interaction with people. However, she felt safe and secure in the cow calming device and devised her own human size one that she could calm herself in wherever she went, even at college. Her mom, while raising her, did not show much affection, but Temple would not really allow her to. Her mom tried to teach her how to read or say words, but even at the age of four, Temple would barely talk. She was more interested in the chandelier than the words her mom was trying to get her to say. Towards the end of the movie, however, she allowed her mom to hug her at the funeral of her science teacher. This was a big step for Temple and although it was awkward, it was such a relief to her mom and really helped her to relax and see that Temple was growing as a person.

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  22. Temple Grandin is an autistic savant. Shestuggles in many areas of her life, like in Senses, Thinking, Relationships, Physical Interactions, and with her Parents. She had difficulties in her senses because she was often in her "own world." When someone was talking to her or calling her name she would be too focused on something else. For example, when Temple's mother was trying to teach her how to speak she wouldn't listen because she was so focused on something else. In her thinking she took everything literal that someone said even if it was sarcasm. Like when someone said something about the cows signing her paper she literally thought he was talking about a cow writing. Temple thinks with pictures though. She can see something one time, then she can automatically remember it without looking again. She is fascinated with how the cattle behave, and this pushes her and helps her greatly to revolutionize the cattle industry. It's hard for Temple to have relationships with people, including her parents because she hates physical interaction. She doesn't let anyone touch her. The only thing that Temple allowed to touch her and calm down was her squeeze machine. It's very affective for her, but she eventually learns how to manage without it. With time she becomes slightly more comfortable with it. She finally let her mother hug her at the funeral of her teacher though. Through time Temple becomes more and more understanding and overcomes many of the difficuties she once faced. By the time she graduates college she has tremendously changed for the better, and she has overcame a great difficulty in her life.

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  23. In the Movie “Temple Grandin” , Temple is an autistic patient with savant syndrome and has a prodigious brain that affects her senses and the way she sees the world.
    In the movie one of the first things I noticed that affected her senses was when she got out of the plane and saw everything in pictures. Temple noticed specific things as she walked out, like the propellers on the plane and was very sensitive to how loud the plane was. Another Area of which Temples autism affected her senses was the first day she got to the cattle farm and noticed the movement and the “moo’s” of the cattle. Temple noticed how loud each cattle would Moo when they were put in different situations. This is part of what made her so famous.
    Temples Thought process from her autism/savantism is effected as you notice in the movie, Temple over thinks things that people say. For instance when temple showed a man the document she finally got signed off the man said, “ looks like you got the whole heard to sign it”. Temple then says “no that’s physically impossible”. This is because temple doesn’t really get normal sayings or humor because she over thinks things. When temple showed up at the ranch at the beginning of the movie as she was opening the gate she notices the exact angles of the gate and how far it opens. She then builds a better way for it to work. Temple thinks things through many times in her head, like when they were having a meeting about temples new invention on her blue prints. The men asked how she knew it would work, she told them she thought it out many times in her head ;That she can see each part of her invention and know it would work.
    Temple has a hard time forming relationships because she doesn’t understand others and others don’t understand her. Like when she went off to college she got a new roommate who was instantly creeped out by her. Temple had a squeeze chute that she was in and ran her roommate off immediately. Temple cant exactly hold a conversation with anyone. When temple was at a Christmas party she was introduced to someone she knew when she was little. She instantly made it awkward by saying “yeah you used to spit in my Jello”. When they began to talk Temple began to ramble on about her cattle research that only her is really interested in.
    Temple isn’t really a touchy person. Temple Doesn’t hug her mom except once awkwardly towards the end. Temple gets angry sometimes and doesn’t know how to handle herself so she has a bit of stimming. Like at the beginning when she was swing around on the swing. If she doesn’t have her squeeze chute things will go wrong. Although temple is fine with shaking everyone’s hands and introducing herself, she wont let anyone else touch her.
    Temples mom’s life is far from normal. Her mom’s life revolved around trying to give temple the most normal life she can. Temples phyciatrist recommended that she go to a special facility to treat her autism but her mom refused and tried to to her. When her mom tried to teach her, Temple wouldn’t pay attention and it was very frustrating. Her mom felt like she wasn’t loved by Temple because temple told her she wouldn’t be able to give her those words. That was until temple went in to let her mom give her a hug that her mom felt loved for the first time.

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  24. The movie "Temple Grandin" helped me have a better understanding of autism and savant syndrome. It helped me see what autistic people are like and how they think and react to different things. Temple Grandin's story is really amazing. Autism affects Temple Grandin's senses in many ways. It affects her hearing by making her very sensitive to loud noises and too many people talking loudly at once. At the very beginning of the movie, she got out of the plane and was very sensitive to the loud noises it was making and got freaked out. At the very end of the movie, Temple was talking at the autistic conference and a lot of people at once started asking her questions. The loudness of the people talkin started to make her nervous but she was able to get through it and calm the people down. Autism also affects the way Temple sees things. When Temple was opening the gate to her aunt's farm, she saw angles and how many degrees the gate door opens. Temple is very observant, for example, she noticed that a horse moves its ears towards the object it is looking at. During the movie, Temple was trying to figure out why the cows were mooing while they were going through the slaughter house. She observed the cows behavior and noticed the things that were scaring the cows and making them nervous. Temple figured out a way to put the cows through the slaughter process without them getting scared. This saved the slaughter houses a ton of money. Temple thinks in pictures, for example, at the beginning of the movie, she met a rancher at her aunt's farm and immediately got pictures in her mind of the things he was wearing and related them to cowboys. Her professer was talking about shoes and she got pictures in her mind of different shoes she has seen in her lifetime. Temple's autism causes her to think literally, for example, a rancher said to her that the cows were signing their signatures and she took that literally. Temple's autism causes her to be socailly awkward and doesn't really "get it" socially. She does not have very good relationships with people and has a hard time making friends. Temple has a blind room-mate in college that understands her because she has a disability too. Temple had a very good relationship with her high school professer who helped her through high school and mentored her. Temple's autism keeps her from interacting physically with other people. At the beginning of the movie, she doesn't like being touched and won't let her mom hug her. Temple likes touching cows and feeling their heartbeates. She made herself a squeeze box that cows use that calms her when she gets scared or worried. Temple's mom refused to send her to a special school for autistic children and decided to teach her on her own. This really helped Temple grow close to her mom even though it seemed like she wasn't. At the end of the movie, Temple makes a speech on what it's like to be autistic and talks about her mom and how she taught her and tried as hard as she could to love her and help her.

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  25. The film, Temple Grandin, is a biographical production that focuses on the life of a very successful autistic savant named Temple Grandin. Throughout the course of the feature, the viewer is placed inside the life, as well as the mind, of Grandin. During the film there are countless moments where the viewer is allowed to see just how Grandin’s autism affected her in pretty much every aspect of her life. First, Grandin’s autism had a drastic impact on her major senses. For instance, at the beginning of the film Grandin is extremely reluctant to get off of an airplane because her autism is magnifying the noise that the engine is making. The young woman seems to be frightened to the point of immobility. Another aspect of her life that is affected by autism is her thought process. Grandin thinks, not in words, but in pictures. She is capable of an extreme mechanically sound thought process. There’s a scene in the movie where Grandin designs a pull and lever system for her aunt’s front gate. While she was designing the system, the viewer was shown just how Grandin thought and what approach she was taking to complete the task. Because of autism, relationships were very difficult for Grandin to maintain, but relationship that was developed due to her autism was her relationship with her high school mentor. There’s a montage at one point in the film that shows Grandin trying to figure out how a certain optical allusion worked. For days she tried to figure it out and just wouldn’t stop trying to solve her dilemma. Her persistence was cause solely by her autism, and her mentor seemed to respond encouragingly to that. With each failed attempt, Grandin’s mentor seemed fonder of her. The man guided her steps in the right path, and when she finally found the answer, he congradulated her efforts and rewarded her accomplishment. This was a very positive relationship that Grandin had, which was caused by her autism. Lastly, Grandin’s family members were affected by her autism as well, especially her mother. There is a very touching moment at the closing scene where Grandin and her mother are at some type of event for autistics. Grandin ends up talking to a large group of people about her struggle, but more importantly she talks about just how impactful her mother has been in her own life. Grandin states that her mother kept pushing her to be more social and to not seclude herself simply because of her disability. As Grandin goes on to praise her efforts, her mother begins to cry. Grandin’s mother realizes that even though she felt like she was doing the wrong thing for her daughter at some points, she did nothing except help her daughter the best way she knew how. In retrospect, Grandin’s autism forced her mother develop as a caregiver and a person. Fortunately, her mother’s development was positive, and she begins to realize that for herself at the end of the film.

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  26. Temple Grandin’s Autism is made evident as soon as she gets off the plane to go to her aunt’s house. She says she can actually see the heat, and the way she communicates to her aunt at that moment seems very childish and uneducated, as though she has only spoken for a few years, although she is middle aged. Due to her autism she takes in everything she observes, she has no filter for information, and as a result her senses are very finely tuned and sensitive to many reactions, anything like touch or smell seriously affect her. She also thinks very differently from everyone else, she sees things in pictures. At one point her aunt asks her about shoes and she racks her brain and remembers all different specific pictures of shoes she has seen. She has an incredible memory and her mind can work out problems with pictures as well, when she saw the gate when going to the ranch for the first time she immediately analyzed the angle of the gates openings and created, in her mind, a more efficient way to operate that gate. Another example was when she watched the architect work for a few minutes and then she was able to go to her house and draw out her own diagrams with no proper training at all. Her autism also affects her interactions with people, when the man at the cattle ranch tries to congratulate her for her achievement he tries to pat her on the back and she tells him to not touch her immediately, it happens several times when she refuses to allow physical contact of any kind. At one point the woman in the grocery store that helps her go through the automatic door links arms with her and Temple allows it, that interaction was a huge step for her. Arguably though, the biggest impact her autism had was on her mother. She and her mother had a difficult relationship because her mother was doing things like getting her to go to college and how she always pressed Temple to move past her obstacles. Temple didn’t understand so she got very frustrated with her mother and would get very upset with her, however, in truth, her mother loved her very much and she even said she loved her for her autism, Temple just didn’t realize how much her mother had done for her.

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  27. There is a specific link between autism and savant syndrome that allows autistic people to excel in an area of their lives. This is definitely true for Temple Grandin. She was born with autism and excels in visual learning, photographic memory and knowing a lot about cows. When someone has savant syndrome their senses are heightened. This is true for Temple. In the movie this can be seen by we reacting to the fan in her room. She is able to hear the fan extra well and pays attention to it more than a regular person. This is because people with autism cannot filter out information and sounds that people without autism filter out as unimportant. A symptom of autism and savant syndrome is increased thinking. Temple's thinking is linked to cause and effect. Meaning that Temple observes something happen and the effect from that something and believes that will happen every time. In link with this learning, she is able to assume things that will happen based on the cause. That is why she is often confused in the movie after something she expects to happen doesn't happen. Autism and savant syndrome often affects ones relationships with another. Temples relationship with school mates and especially her mom are effected from her autism. In school most of her fellow students taunt her and make fun of her eccentric personality. They do this because they either do not know she has autism or do not understand the effects of autism. Temple's mom is most likely the second most interesting character in the movie. Her along with other parents of autistic children are often confused and mostly frustrated with the disease. We see Temple's Mom's frustration when trying to homeschool temple during her early years. She also pushes Temple to go to college and integrate with other children to make an effort to be normal. Eventually her mom understands temple fully and is proud of her for persevere throughout her life. Autistic children often have different social and personal interactions because of their disease. Autistic children do not like to be touched by other people. This can be seen when Temple avoids hugs goodnight from her mom and from her teacher. We can see her social awkwardness in the movie from her introducing herself to people. Autism continues to be researched and is yet to be fully understood. I believe the best treatment for the syndrome is to integrate into society much like Temple did.

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